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October 28, 1950
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Denver’s Pro Puck Debut Proves Success All ’Round, Though Fans Still Need Whooping Practice
DENVER, Colo.— Professional ice hockey’s debut here in the Mile High City turned out to be both an artistic and financial success as the Denver Falcons and St. Paul Saints opened the United States Hockey League season on October 15. Falcons took care of the artistic part with a sparkling 3-1 triumph over the Saints, while 5,907 paid customers packed the University of Denver arena to capacity. Several hundred more fans were turned away when firemen closed the doors The appearance of the Falcons, last year’s MinneaDolis Millers, marked the-first time a professional league hockey game had ever been played in Denver. The turnout also was a record hockey crowd for the city, surpassing by several hundred the biggest crowd of last year which turned out for college hockey. The fastest game on earth…
Maritime Senior Hockey League
1950-51 SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 1 St. John at Charlottetown 2 St. John at Halifax 3 Charlottetown at Moncton 4 Charlottetown at St. John Moncton at Halifax 6 St. John at Moncton 7 St. John at Halifax Moncton at Charlottetown 9 Charlottetown at Halifax Moncton at St. John 10 Halifax at Charlottetown 11 Halifax at St. John Charlottetown at Moncton 13 Moncton at Halifax Charlottetown at St. John 14 Halifax at Charlottetown 15 Halifax at Moncton 16 Moncton at St. John 17 St. JTohn at Charlottetown 18 St. John at Moncton Charlottetown at Halifax 19 Halifax at St. John Moncton at Charlottetown 21 Halifax at Moncton 22 St. John at Charlottetown 23 St. John at Halifax 24 Charlottetown at Moncton 25 Charlottetown at St. John Moncton at Halifax 27 St. John at Moncton 28 St. John at Halifax Moncton at Charlottetown 30 Charlottetown at Halifax Moncton at St. John DECEMBER 1 Halifax at Charlottetown 2 Halifax at St. John Charlottetown at…
SCRIBES GET A LAP FULL
As the result of a further change in the method of selecting the National Hockey League All-Stars, that task goes back to the sports writers and sportscasters about the big pro wheel after a four-year absence. The Coaches of the six League clubs have been doing the picking since the 1946-47 season, but now the problem is being tossed squarely back into the laps of the press box experts. Thus, the onus is being placed on the critics to name the team they figure packs the best punch and the best defensive parley in the circuit. By this action, everybody should be made happy. The writers, or some of them at least, have been quite critical of the coaches’ choices, while the mentors themselves haven’t been overjoyed over the necessity of putting…
‘Radiorchids’
STATION C.F.P.L. London, Ont Each week THE HOCKEY NEWS would like its readers to meet one of the many Canadian sports announcers connected with hockey. Some are front big cities, others are from small towns but they all have one thing in common…they are hockey’s greatest boosters. Many hours of part time radio announcing has paid off for Ken Ellis, sportscaster from station C.F.P.L., London, Ontario. Born in Brantford, Ontario 25 years ago he broke into radio there in 1945, working afternoons without pay and then working a night shift in a factory. In 1946 Ellis graduated from the Academy of Radio Arts and then headed West. While a staffer at station C.K.R.C. in Winnipeg he had the opportunity to worK witn ana watcn one oi Canada’s top football announcers, Jack Wells, at…
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